Gardin is growing their list of customers leveraging their novel optical photosynthesis sensor AI that measures crop photosynthesis in real time, giving growers early insight into plant health and development. This allows for faster, more targeted interventions, resulting in improved yields, better crop quality and more efficient use of resources such as water, light and energy. Clients have reported up to 10x return on investment. Since commercial launch in June 2023 , Gardins sensors have been deployed across a wide range of environments - from polytunnels in Spain and Morocco to greenhouses in the Netherlands and Canada - and used successfully on more than 20 crop species, from algae to tomatoes. In 2025, the company is doubling down on light optimisation and energy efficiency enabling growers to make informed decisions, with trials already showing growers can achieve 20-30 in energy savings. Gardins technology also aids research into hardier seed varieties, contributing to a more sustainable and secure food supply.
The news comes at a critical time for the 200 billion global Controlled Environment Agriculture CEA market, which is expanding rapidly due to rising demand for reliable food supplies and decreasing setup costs. Yet the sector faces mounting pressures: energy and labour costs have surged, emissions regulations are tightening and theres a shortage of skilled growers to operate indoor farms, greenhouses and seed breeding businesses. Existing tools lack the sophistication to process vast amounts of data and deliver timely insights, leaving many operations struggling to adapt efficiently. This underscores a pressing need for AI-powered solutions capable of analysing large swathes of data in real time - enabling smarter, automated decisions and unlocking the full potential of precision agriculture.
Agriculture Investments Limited , one of the UKs most progressive fruit producers, adopted Gardins technology after seeing its potential to deliver scalable, confident decision-making for more resilient, high-quality crops. We have been long believers that to truly optimise food production we need to be able to change the greenhouse climate to adapt to the crops needs but there was no solution on the market that could solve this with high confidence and scalably-. Until we met Gardin. Gardins unique sensor AI is able to detect changes in crop photosynthesis and provide clear, actionable insights based on that. As a result, within a couple of months of trialling Gardins product we decided to sign a multi-year contract, said David Moore , Director of Agriculture at Agriculture Investments.
Fromboer reports a 5 yield increase per square meter thanks to more uniform, high-quality production and improved cost control. The sensor contributes to homogeneous production with high quality and cost control. Overall, I estimate yield is at least 5 higher per square meter, said Leonard Boer , Owner Head Grower at Fromboer.
Ridder highlights Gardins ability to drive profitability boosts of up to 30, yield gains of 15, and early detection of crop stress weeks in advance - marking a shift from traditional climate control to data-driven crop control. For many years now we have been able to effectively automate climate control around the crop, the next phase is to incorporate real time feedback from the crop and move from climate control towards crop control. Gardin has developed the key technology to enable this, said Sander Barake, CTO at Ridder. Results include profitability boosts of up to 30 by optimizing winter LED efficiency and maximising summer light. Yield increases of up to 15 and early detection of biotic and abiotic stresses by up to 4 weeks before crop walking, he continued.